Police: Security guard fatally stabbed at Virginia mall
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say a security guard at a northern Virginia mall has died after being stabbed by a suspected shoplifter who fled the scene.
Prince William County Police said in a statement that officers responded to the Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge around 2:30 p.m. Saturday after a stabbing was reported.
Police say the suspect was seen shoplifting inside a Burlington Coat Factory and two loss-prevention employees confronted him. A struggle ensued, and one of the guards was stabbed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}That person, identified only as an adult male, was taken to a hospital, where he died. The other employee wasn't hurt.
Officers searched the area but couldn't find the suspect.
An investigation is ongoing. No description of the suspect was released.
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